Nadine Stijns

10 Sep - 23 Oct 2011

Nadine Stijns - After-Hour Shopping Mall

Nadine Stijns dissects recognisable yet exceptional, visually strong cultural identities that she discovers in her own social environment, as well as in Chinese culture. Although her starting point is the medium of photography, she keeps one foot each in photography and three-dimensional installations, and plunges into the material world of textiles and objects.

With the series After-Hour Shopping Mall and The Floating Population she makes a connection between consumerism in China and the migrant workers who are the foundation of China's economic progress. With her peculiar, acute insight she builds bridges between tradition and innovation, and between Western ideals and modern Chinese society.

AFTER-HOUR SHOPPING MALL EVENING IN CHINA STYLE

FRIDAY OCTOBER 7TH FROM 8 PM ONWARDS

With a special contribution by Floris-Jan van Luyn

Floris-Jan van Luyn is an independent film maker and journalist. He has studied history and Chinese in Leiden, Beijing and Taipei. His film Rainmakers has been awarded best documentary at the documentary film festivals in Rome, Sheffield and Geneva.

Floris-Jan is also the author of A floating City of Peasants. He is a columnist for NRC Next.